MHCLG Structural Change Order (SCO) Input Request - Response Report
Full council, 20 May 2026: a named vote, lost.
For 17, Against 18, Abstained 0.
Party in overall control of the council on the date: No overall control. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.
For (17)
- Barry Aspinell (Liberal Democrats)
- Ben Rigby (Liberal Democrats)
- Brenner Munden (Liberal Democrats)
- Darryl Sankey (Liberal Democrats)
- David Kendall (Liberal Democrats)
- David Worsfold (Liberal Democrats)
- Hugh Gorton (Liberal Democrats)
- Jay Laplain (Liberal Democrats)
- Mark Haigh (Liberal Democrats)
- Martin Cuthbert (Liberal Democrats)
- Mrs Alison Fulcher (Liberal Democrats)
- Mrs Vicky Davies (Liberal Democrats)
- Nicky Cuthbert (Liberal Democrats)
- Philip Mynott (Liberal Democrats)
- Steve Mayo (Liberal Democrats)
- Gareth Barrett (Labour)
- Dr Barrett (not matched to a member)
Against (18)
- Adam Chinnery (Conservative)
- Chrissy Gelderbloem (Conservative)
- Jay Patel (Conservative)
- Keith Barber (Conservative)
- Keith Parker (Conservative)
- Lesley Wagland (Conservative)
- Mrs Jan Pound (Conservative)
- Roger Hirst (Conservative)
- Thomas Gordon (Conservative)
- Will Russell (Conservative)
- Craig Thomson (Reform UK)
- Omar Bakhsh (Reform UK)
- Paul Godfrey (Reform UK)
- Peter Gregory (Reform UK)
- Philippa Nicholson (Reform UK)
- Russell Quirk (Reform UK)
- Sam Gascoyne (Reform UK)
- Sophie Aaron (Reform UK)
From the minutes
State's letter of 26 March 2026 (attached at Appendix A to the report), and delegates authority to the Chief Executive to submit these responses on behalf of the council by no later than 29 May 2026. FOR: Cllrs: N Cuthbert, Aspinell, G Barrett, Dr Barrett, M Cuthbert, Davies, Fulcher, Gorton, Haigh, Kendall, Laplain, Mayo, Munden, Mynott, Rigby, Sankey and Worsfold (17). AGAINST: Cllrs: Aaron, Bakhsh, Barber, Chinnery, Gascoyne, Gelderbloem, Godfrey, Gordon, Gregory, Hirst, Nicholson, Parker, Patel, Pound, Quirk, Russell, Thomson and Wagland (18). The recommendation was LOST.
The item in the council's own minutes. Names are matched to the councillors listed at the meeting. The names of people who aren't councillors are removed.